Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Boeing, Airbus Look to Land Profits by Making Their Own Aircraft Parts

September 14, 2017

The world's largest plane makers are testing a seemingly simple formula to smooth production, cut costs and fatten profits: Make more of the parts that go into their jets themselves.

For This Company, Online Surveillance Leads to Profit

September 14, 2017

The Washington Post

In a small office in Ashburn, Va., ensconced among the government contractors that make up the Dulles Technology Corridor, a start-up called Babel Street is bringing government-style surveillance to an entirely new market.

Novartis CEO's Dilemma: Is $475,000 Too Much for a Leukemia Breakthrough?

September 12, 2017

Forbes

Joseph Jimenez, the chief executive of Novartis, is celebrating a triumph. The Food and Drug Administration approved Kymriah, a new treatment for kids with leukemia. But he's also taking heat from all sides over his decision to charge $475,000 for the treatment, and, in a major first, to negotiate deals that charge only patients who go into remission.

How Chocolate Exposes Brexit Trade Risks

September 11, 2017

Bloomberg

Sean Ramsden and his family have been shipping British food abroad since the U.K. joined the European Union more than four decades ago.

Buzz Kill for Pot Farmers: Lower Prices

September 8, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

After decades of dodging law enforcement and fighting for legalization, U.S. marijuana growers face a new challenge: low prices.

Half of the U.K.'s Food Industry Might Bail Because of Brexit

September 7, 2017

Fortune

Nearly half of businesses operating in Britain's food supply chain say European Union workers are thinking about leaving because of uncertainty around Brexit, a recent industry survey showed.

As U.S. Exports More Natural Gas, Manufacturers Worry About Increased Prices

September 1, 2017

Environmental Leader

If you ask the manufacturing and chemical sectors what their greatest blessing has been in recent years, the answer will generally be the plethora of natural gas that has been made accessible to them - and how this has decreased their cost of doing of business.

Supplying Lithium Gets Trickier As Electric Revolution Looms

August 31, 2017

Industryweek

Hidden within the salt flats high in the Andes mountains of South America are vast deposits of the lithium that Elon Musk may need for his electric-car revolution. But extracting the mineral from brine ponds created by Orocobre Ltd. has proved more difficult than expected.

Seven Things You Should Be Doing About Brexit

August 31, 2017

Supply Management

A seven-point checklist has been produced by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply to help procurement professionals prepare for Brexit.

Pharmaceutical Serialization and Traceability - 2017 Report

August 30, 2017

Pharmaceutical/Biotech

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.